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Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Along the Sumida River [Sumida-gawa hana-zakari]
Andō Hiroshige · 1839-1842 · color woodcut on Japanese paper
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About this picture
Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Along the Sumida River [Sumida-gawa hana-zakari] is a public-domain illustration by Andō Hiroshige, dated 1839-1842. Color woodcut on Japanese paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom Along the Sumida River [Sumida-gawa hana-zakari]” (1839-1842) is one of Hiroshige’s travel or weather prints. Rain, snow, and dusk are usually the subject, as much as the place.
About the artist
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was a Japanese printmaker of travel and weather. The stations of the Tōkaidō and his views of Edo show rain, snow, and dusk in flat, clear color.
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